The Weight Is Heavy
The Burden Isn't Mine Alone
1 Corinthians 12:25-27 NIV
God did this so that our body would not be divided. God wanted the different parts to care the same for each other. [26] If one part of the body suffers, then all the other parts suffer with it. Or if one part is honored, then all the other parts share its honor. [27] All of you together are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of that body.
I wanted to write
Something different today
A sweet love poem
But life took things
A different way
And now my heartaches
And breaks
Friends near and dear
To me
Fighting simply
To survive
And a Pastor
Who in his own
Trials
Takes the time
To email me
To thank me
For what I'm doing.
~~~
Two friends
And a Pastor
One ventilated
Two fighting cancer
Different forms
Different stories
As another navigates
Grief in the storms
As I shared the
News of our mutual friend
Upon her request I
Didn't pause and think
About how familiar
It must have all
Been.
~~~
I took on the responsibility
Of taking on
The prayers
Reaching out
When there's a need
But there's a weight
To every prayer
A burden not mine
To bare
And still my
Heart hurts
As I see
Those I care
About hurting.
Copyright Michelle R Kidwell
February.14.2025
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Comments (2)
Kind of sad Michelle. I challenge you to write something upbeat for Valentine's Day.
So lovely ✍️♦️♦️♦️♦️